Nikon Zf Rumors, SanDisk SSD Mess – digitalcameras.ie

After I’m doing nature pictures, I really feel like I can fully let go of all my worries and immerse myself in what I’m doing. Just a few days in the past, whereas I sat on the fringe of a small puddle, a good looking dragonfly was chasing bugs across the water and I used to be chasing it in return. An hour flew by just like the water in a close-by stream. What about you, is nature pictures a supply of calming meditation as nicely?

Current Bulletins

• TTArtisan Tilt 50mm f/1.4: This miniature 50mm manually-focused tilt lens, beforehand accessible for Sony E, Leica L, Fujifilm X, Canon RF and Nikon Z-mount cameras, has a brand new mount. It could possibly now even be used on Micro 4/3 cameras, offering a 100mm equal discipline of view relative to full body. Accessible for $229 on Amazon or $199 on Pergear.
• XP Pen Artist Professional 16 (Gen 2): Pill designed for illustrators and picture retouchers. The brand new X3 Professional Good Chip Stylus with 16K stress ranges guarantees “rather more exact and clean traces than ever earlier than.” The 16:10 side ratio show has a decision of two,560×1,600 (WUXGA) and may show 99% sRGB. Worth $540.
• Laowa 24mm T8 2X Macro Pro2be: The second era of an distinctive broad angle macro lens with 2x magnification. The trunk-like form means that you can {photograph} and movie in in any other case inaccessible positions. Like an elephant’s trunk, the Laowa could be submerged underwater, since it’s waterproof. There are three totally different lens designs: one with a standard barrel, one with the barrel bent 30 levels, and one with a 90-degree periscope on the finish. Accessible with user-interchangeable Arri PL, Canon EF, Canon RF, Nikon F, Nikon Z, Sony E and L mounts. Costs begin at $2,849 for a single lens and $8,499 for the set of three.

The Rumor Mill

Canon likes surprises

No less than that’s what got here out of a gathering between firm representatives and journalists on the Picture and Imaging 2023 present in Shanghai. Canon has no plans to launch lens roadmaps any time quickly, saying that they have to be extra nimble in response to buyer calls for. It seems like we now have no selection however to depend on the normal strategies of crystal balls or rumor websites.

Through Asobinet

Extra puzzle items for the Nikon Zf

Nikon is making the look forward to the Zf thrilling, however plainly this digicam is already within the fingers of some sellers. And because it occurs, somebody is slowly leaking info. So for those who (like Canon executives) take pleasure in surprises, learn no additional.

Along with among the specs I commented on final week, just a few new ones have been added. Up to date is the processor used, which is identical as within the Z8 and Z9. Past that, the autofocus is claimed to have “solely” 273 factors (the Z9 has 493), however with different autofocus options borrowed from the Z8/Z9. The AF may additionally get some model new options not seen on Nikon earlier than.

As for the video specs, the digicam ought to be capable of shoot as much as 4K/30p from full body and 60p from the cropped sensor space. Sluggish movement at 120p will solely be doable in full HD decision. It will likely be capable of document 10-bit H.265 HEVC video (SDR/HLG/N-log).

By the way in which, on the hyperlink beneath you may also see the primary photographs, that are not less than clearer than the usual photographs of Nessie.

Through Nikon Rumors

Count on three Canon cameras with stacked sensor within the close to future

No less than, that’s the phrase from Canon Rumors. Amongst Canon’s rivals, you could find stacked sensors within the Nikon Z9, Sony A1, and OM System OM-1. As for Canon, there’s simply the EOS R3 to this point. So, what is going to these subsequent three stacked-sensor cameras be? Seemingly the R5 II, the R1, and… one thing else. No concept but.

As a result of stacked sensors have such quick readout speeds, they largely remove the rolling shutter impact, one thing I’ve already written about right here. They even make it doable to do with out the usual mechanical shutter, a feat which Nikon pioneered virtually two years in the past with the Z9.

Picture Contest Nook

Image Award 2023 – ANIMALS

• Matter: Wildlife pictures
• Charges: €5 to €20 (1 to five photos)
• Prize: Gold medal winners will obtain €250. Silver and Bronze winners will obtain €100 and €50 respectively.
• Deadline: August 31

Wild Picture Awards

• Matter: Animal portraits and Animal habits (Wildlife class), Scenes in nature and Summary nature (Wild land class).
• Charges: £9 to £32 (1 to six photos)
• Prize: 50% of the revenue shall be given again within the type of prizes. The cash raised by every participant shall be used to plant a tree someplace on the planet.
• Deadline: September 3

Good Offers and New Gross sales

Laptop computer or desktop? That’s a query it’s important to reply for your self. Personally, I typically work away from the workplace – proper now, for instance, I’ve one eye on the inexperienced forest exterior my cabin window – so my selection is a laptop computer. Extra out of custom than conviction, I work on a Home windows-based machine (particularly MSI’s 17-inch CreatorPro Z17). However I’ve to confess that I’m within the minority amongst photographers.

Seemingly extra widespread, and I perceive why, are Apple laptops. Their M2 chips specifically are actually good. With Apple anticipated to launch its successor, the M3 chip, in October this 12 months, we’re seeing additional worth reductions of M2 and particularly M1 laptops. For instance, now you can purchase the next at a decreased worth:

• Apple 14″ MacBook Professional, M2 Professional, Area Grey (was $1,999, now $1,799)
• Apple 14″ MacBook Professional, M2 Professional, Area Grey (was $2,499, now $2,199)
• Apple 16.2″ MacBook Professional with M1 Professional Chip, Late 2021, Area Grey (was $2,699, now $1,899)
• Apple 16.2″ MacBook Professional with M1 Max Chip, Late 2021, Area Grey (was $3,499, now $2,599)
• Apple 13.3″ MacBook Professional M1 Chip, Late 2020, Area Grey (was $1,699, now $1,249)

One other collection of offers this week embody a number of Sony cameras and lenses at enticing costs. Under are among the most fascinating ones.

Cameras

• Sony a7R IVA (was $3,198, now $2,998)
• Sony a7 IV (was $2,498, now $2,398)
• Sony a7 III (was $1,998, now $1,698)
• Sony a6600 (was $1,398, now $998)
• Sony a7C (was $1,798, now $1,598)

Lenses

• Sony FE 20mm f/1.8 G (was $898, now $798)
• Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM (was $1,398, now $1,298)
• Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 GM (was $1,998, now $1,898)
• Sony FE 16-35mm f/2.8 GM (was $2,198, now $1,998)
• Sony FE 24-105mm f/4 G OSS (was $1,298, now $1,198)
• Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 GM OSS (was $2,498, now $2,398)
• Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G OSS (was $1,998, now $1,898)

Different Pages of Curiosity

The oceans are filled with plastic, the environment is stuffed with carbon dioxide, and the web is stuffed with AI-generated photos. Would you imagine that for those who added up all the pictures from DALLE-2, Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, and functions primarily based on Secure Diffusion, the consequence can be 15.47 billion photos? Is that such an enormous quantity which you can’t even think about it? It’s a disgrace, to me, that really distinctive pictures shall be more and more misplaced within the flood of garbage. Particulars on the Journal Everypixel web site.

SanDisk SSDs have been on sale at very enticing costs not too long ago. You possibly can virtually say suspiciously enticing costs. Look across the internet and also you’ll discover articles like this one, this one or this one. The widespread theme is an information loss situation on SanDisk SSDs (owned by Western Digital). I’ve been utilizing one SanDisk myself with out points, however I’ve ordered one other SSD from a special producer as a backup. Simply in case. Let me take this second to remind you that it’s all the time a good suggestion to again up your information in not less than two locations, ideally three.

The environment of the late Sixties within the former Czechoslovakia was filled with expectation and hope. After the tough Communist repression of the Nineteen Fifties, there was a leisure of the regime, and lots of hoped for the return of democracy. Nevertheless, these hopes had been crushed for the subsequent twenty-one years when the occupying military of the Soviet Union and different troops of the then Warsaw Pact invaded the peaceable nation with their tanks and planes. These occasions befell on 21 August, 55 years in the past. Among the many courageous photographers who documented the occasions of the occupation had been the rising stars of world reportage and documentary pictures, Antonín Kratochvíl and Josef Koudelka. See that hyperlink for photographs and a retrospective from 55 years later.

Picture Theme Problem, Week #10

Final week’s theme was desserts and you’ll see the outcomes on this thread. Thanks to everybody in your submissions! This week’s theme is clouds, and you’ll submit your outcomes on this thread by August 25.

Week #10 Outcomes

Let’s check out a few the submissions for the desserts theme.

Let’s begin with OnlyNorth’s submission:

That’s actually a whole lot of desserts to select from!

Robert submitted this delicious-looking deal with:

It simply goes to point out that desserts don’t all the time should be unhealthy.

Thanks to all of the discussion board members who submitted entries for Week #10! We take pleasure in trying by means of all your photographs and efforts and may’t wait to see your cloud photographs this week.